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Foreign Assistance for Improving Living Condition in Urban Slums in the Country

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The total number of projects in Urban Sector assisted by Asian Development Bank & Department for International Development is at Annexure-I & II. As regards World Bank Assistance, there is no Urban Slum Project being implemented in any State at present.

Annexure-I

Asian Development Bank Projects

State

Loan No.

Project Name

Loan Amount

Effective Since

Details

West Bengal

Loan 1813-IND

Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project

$177.76 million

16 Apr-02

This project is improving the living conditions of about 0.3 million people living in notified slums of Kolkata by providing water supply, sanitation, and access road facilities. The slum improvement component accounts for $6.5 million

Loan 2293-IND

Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project (Supplementary)

$80.00 million

01-Jun-07

Kerala

Loan 2226-IND

Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project

$221.20 million

19-Mar-07

This project will upgrade basic infrastructure and services for slum dwellers in five cities.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kollam and Thrissur. The community infrastructure and services improvement component for slum is $10.0 million.

Rajasthan

Loan 2366-IND

Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Programe, Project 1

$60.00 million

28-Feb-08

This Project is improving basic urban services and living conditions of about 0.21 million poor people living in notified slums of 15 towns.

Loan 2506-IND

Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Programe, Project 2

$150.00 million

20-Apr-09

Madhya Pradesh

Loan 2046-IND

Urban Water Supply & Environmental improvement in Madhya Pradesh

$181.00 million

17-May-05

Improvements to basic urban services and living conditions for about 64,000 people living in notified slums of Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior. The slum component is $4.56 million.

Loan 2456-IND

Urban Water Supply & Environmental Improvement in MP (Supplementary)

$71.00 million

03-Dec-08

Karnataka

Loan 2638-IND

North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program, Project 2

$123.00 million

01-Mar-11

The Project is upgrading basic urban facilities for the benefit of poor people living in notified slums of Ilkal and Shahbab. The slum improvement component is $5.3 million.